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Was a W116 of course!! Motor Manual Christmas 1978....

Seek & Ye shall find!! An article probably not seen since 1978.... And no sign of any other car!!

Cross fingers.... 🤞🏻🤞🏻

Pity the hydro has been removed & it’s now modified. Pix supplied for after the link disappears:

Seems more questions than answers & PCS was mention by the people I’ve consulted. Apparently they supply OEM with little after sales support. Calibration, mapping & tuning are the big issues here. Unless you’re an expert or have very deep pockets it’s not the way forward. It does make some...

FYI here’s the Benz box and ratios that were considered:

My people are telling me the Benz 5sp is far too hard with programming the controller the main hurdle. Currently looking at a GM 6L90E 6sp trans which is normally mated to the HSV LSA engine so it should be able to take the torque of the M100.

And this is what hit the papers the following year:

Evidence it is possible!

Spied in Officer South of Melbourne....

Going by the reviews of the seller the ad could be bogus (I hope not): https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202196351856

This is a car I was chasing for various reasons but the owner was less than helpful. The car has now disappeared but I no longer need it (or any parts either). 560SEL pre update with full hydro still fitted:

Seems like a good deal to me.... However the freight might be a hurdle since they’re now classified as dangerous goods. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com.au%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F361539818324

The Aussie 560 uses a 2.47 final drive which is another reason why it's slower 0-100 than a Euro one.